Brazil is well regulated as far as payment processing is concerned. And Whatsapp's maverick approach didn't go well with both the central bank and the competition authority. They'll have to conform before proceeding.

The article says they were in contact before this.

> Bloomberg reports that WhatsApp was surprised by the Brazillian Central Bank’s decision, since the company had been in regular contact with the authority. WhatsApp had started a small test of the service in the country around a month prior to its launch.

God, stop using code blocks to quote things.

I'm sorry. I'm not yet used to citing on this platform.

Don't worry, it's okay. It sounded harsher than I intended ;) Welcome to HN!

No need to apologize.

HN needs to have a proper way to do quotes. > doesn't indent beyond the first line once word-wrapped, | looks cute but is confusing, code-blocks suck, etc.

> this style works well, even if applied over multiple lines. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.

Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

at least IMHO

">" is fine. Nobody is confused by it. The only thing worth changing is to remind people to use it instead of inventing their own apparatus.

Yes for the love of god

I tend to use italics (denoted by asterisks) for quotes.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

-- Ray Charles